Author: McCormack+Kristel

The Client

Since 1969, the Los Angeles LGBT Center has been dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ community through a comprehensive range of direct services, programs, and advocacy. The Center was the nation’s first openly LGBTQ organization to be awarded 501c3 status. Today, the Center offers programs, services, and global advocacy that span four broad categories: Health, Social Services and Housing, Culture and Education, Leadership and Advocacy. From its 10 locations throughout Los Angeles, including Mi Centro in Boyle Heights, Center South in South Los Angeles and the Trans Wellness Center in Koreatown, the Center serves an economically and ethnically diverse population.

In 2019, as the Center celebrated its 50^th anniversary, it opened the flagship Anita May Rosenstein Campus. The sprawling 180,000 square-foot Campus in the heart of Hollywood brings together LGBTQ seniors and youth through unique intergenerational spaces and programming. The facility includes 100 beds for homeless youth, the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Senior Center, a youth drop-in center, the Ariadne Getty Foundation Youth Academy, as well as expanded programming and administrative space. Last year, the Campus expanded to include 99 additional units of affordable housing for seniors and 25 supportive housing apartments for youth.

The opening of the Campus enabled the transformation of the Center’s previous headquarters, the McDonald/Wright Building in Hollywood, into a comprehensive healthcare center. A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) since 2013, the Center’s medical clinic offers primary health care to the entire community. The Center’s Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic, one of the earliest and most comprehensive medical programs for people living with HIV and AIDS, has been offering low- or no-cost primary and specialty medical care for more than 27 years. The Goodman Clinic and Center WeHo administer thousands of HIV and STI tests and a full range of PrEP and PEP services each year, as well as offering HIV education, prevention, and outreach programs.

Additional health services include:

• The Audre Lorde Health Program for lesbian and bisexual women providing gynecological and pelvic care, fertility, hormone balancing, and well-woman care.
• The Transgender Health Program, which has provided comprehensive healthcare to the transgender community since 2009.
• Full-service onsite pharmacies in Hollywood and West Hollywood.

The Center offers health, legal, social, cultural, and educational services, with unique programs for seniors, families, youth and the transgender community. Youth services include emergency, transitional, and independent housing, a drop-in center, and comprehensive education and employment programs. Senior services include more than 200 affordable apartments, food assistance, employment support, educational and recreational programming, and outreach.

The Center fights to advance civil rights and freedoms for LGBTQ people domestically and internationally through education, advocacy and community organizing. They advocate for policies and funding that advance the health and wellness of the diverse LGBTQ community. To build a stronger LGBTQ community, they provide leadership development programs for activists and technical assistance for LGBTQ organizations everywhere.

A team of staff and volunteer attorneys, law students and paralegals serve the legal needs of LGBTQ people with a special focus on survivors of violence, undocumented immigrants, the transgender community, and youth. They also provide cultural competency trainings and workshops for institutions and other providers.

A full slate of cultural and educational programming is offered at the Village at Ed Gould Plaza, directly across the street from the Anita May Rosenstein Campus. The facility includes a 200-seat theater, a smaller black-box theater, an art gallery and rooms for meetings and classes.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center continued to provide essential first-responder services, where possible, shifted programs to virtual, and developed new programs such as the Pride Pantry food bank. And remarkably, in the midst of a global pandemic, the Center opened the new Liberation Coffee House, which provides critical training for youth and senior participants in its ground-breaking Culinary Arts Program.

The Center is an unstoppable force in the fight against bigotry and the struggle to build a better world. It is governed by a 25-person board and operates with nearly 800 staff, more than 6,000 volunteers and $150 million in annual revenue.

To learn more, please visit: https://lalgbtcenter.org/

Mission

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is building a world where LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal and complete members of society.

The Position

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) will lead a high-performing team in a newly restructured department. Managing a $1.5 million budget and overseeing a 12-person department, the CMCO will provide strategic leadership to structure and staff a department that provides expert marketing and communications support to a vastly diverse organization. The key responsibilities of the position include:

Strategy

• Provide strategic communications counsel to the CEO, Senior Executive Team, and Center Management Group;
• Develop rapid response and integrated marketing and communications plans to enhance the Center’s brand and advance its reach;
• In collaboration with the CEO, refine the Center’s messaging to reflect the voice and vision of its new leader;
• Create and oversee the implementation of cross channel marketing and communications strategies that elevate the Center’s programs and support organizational goals;
• Lead a comprehensive brand strategy exercise and implement any recommendations;
• Lead crisis communications strategy and response.

Leadership

• Enhance a world class marketing and communications department by providing guidance and expertise and ensuring   tools and resources to produce clear, consistent, and strategic campaigns and visually appealing materials to all internal and external stakeholders;
• Expand the Center’s cohesive and a high-performing team by recruiting, retaining and developing top talent;
• Mentor, coach and inspire each individual and the team to optimal performance;
• Oversee the design, content production and integration of print, web, social and digital media platforms;
• Ensure the Center’s brand and voice are accurately and consistently represented in all mediums and across all platforms.

Cross Departmental Collaborations

• Lead organizational and cross-departmental efforts to improve internal communications, including providing support to the IT team to identify technology and establish best practices for effective communication across multiple platforms;
• Foster effective cross-departmental collaborations to effectively promote the Center’s program, policy, and fundraising initiatives, including:
  • Partner with Program Directors to understand the services being provided by the Center and to ensure that the Center’s various stakeholders, including clients, community members, and donors, are knowledgeable of this work and its impact;
  • Partner with the Policy Department to help shape and effectively message the Center’s policy priorities;
  • Support the Chief Development Officer to develop and implement cohesive marketing and communications plans for individual and corporate fundraising;
  • Help coordinate with the AIDS/LifeCycle Communications Team to integrate event communications and marketing.

Professional Requirements

The Chief Marketing and Communications Officer will be a strategic thought leader with a track record of success in communications, public relations, and integrated marketing. They will be a creative and data-driven executive able to match campaigns to platforms and audiences. The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Expertise in marketing, communications, media or public relations, advertising, or a related field;
• Senior leadership experience including the management of marketing and communications teams and budget oversight;
• Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to support and mentor staff to develop written communication skills;
• Experience distilling complex and sometimes competing policy and political narratives for diverse audiences;
• An understanding of the unique characteristics of nonprofits and the multifaceted strategic communication objectives of mission-driven organizations.

Personal Characteristics

We are seeking a collaborative colleague skilled at building internal and external relationships with Center staff, board, stakeholders, influencers, elected officials, and members of the press and media. The CMCO will build an engaged and energized team working in partnership to achieve individual, departmental, and organizational goals. They will lead by example to create a culture of transparency, accountability, and belonging. Essential qualities include:

• A deep understanding of the history and issues affecting LGBTQ and HIV-impacted individuals and communities;
• A strong commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and dedication to ensuring those values are represented in all Center communications;
• Passion for the Center’s work and a commitment to its mission;
• Bilingual English/Spanish is highly desirable.

The Opportunity

This is an exceptional opportunity for a strategic leader to strengthen and grow a sophisticated marketing and communications department serving the diverse needs of the largest LGBT organization in the world.

Compensation

The target salary for this position is $220,000. The Center’s comprehensive benefits plan includes 100% employer funded health, vision, dental, and life insurance. In addition to a generous PTO policy, the Center also provides Flex Spending Accounts and a voluntary 403 (b) plan.

Location

The Center’s executive offices are located on the Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood. Ideally, the new CMCO will live/work in Los Angeles. However, a remote or hybrid work arrangement will be considered for the exceptional candidate they are seeking.

The Center has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy as a condition of employment for all employees who work on the Center’s premises.

Contact

Please submit a résumé and original cover letter that describes your interest in the organization’s mission and qualifications for the position as attachments via e-mail to:

Michelle Kristel, Managing Partner

McCormack+Kristel

1740 Broadway, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212.531.5003 | Fax: 212.203.9599        

Email: search@mccormackkristel.com | Website www.mccormackkristel.com

All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.  Please note that your education, dates of employment and other information will be verified prior to an offer.

McCormack + Kristel works only with equal opportunity employers. The Los Angeles LGBT Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering diversity within its staff. Applications are encouraged from all persons regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical/physical/mental condition, pregnancy/childbirth and related medical condition, age, marital status, or veteran status.

The Client

Founded in 2015, Point Source Youth is a 501(c)3 organization working nationally to prevent and end homelessness for all young people, with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth. They help advocate for, implement, and evaluate proven, scalable, and replicable youth homelessness interventions to increase housing options for youth. Point Source Youth’s liberation focused model trusts young people as experts in their lives and wellbeing. Their youth-centered solutions provide support for direct cash transfers, rapid re-housing, host homes, and family and kinship strengthening. Each solution centers youth choice and empowers young people to make vital decisions that positively impact their lives.

Point Source Youth partners with service providers, funders, policymakers, government officials, and youth advocates across the country to develop innovative solutions to ending youth homelessness.  Point Source Youth also advances research and evaluation partnering with leading researchers across the country to evaluate the interventions it supports.  Rooted in their belief in the power of local change, their team of regional technical assistance experts empowers communities on the ground working to end youth homelessness. In further support of their collective and regional approach to ending the national youth homelessness crisis, Point Source Youth convenes a national symposium and three regional (rural, southern, and western) conferences, reaching 3,000 attendees annually.

Point Source Youth believes that all people have the unconditional right to housing. All partners share their core values and prioritize serving the most historically marginalized youth, including BIPOC, nonbinary, and LGBTQ+ youth.

Since its inception, Point Source Youth has been growing rapidly. The organization, which is overseen by an eight-person Board of Directors and operates with 12 nationally distributed staff, anticipates $3.5 million in revenue in 2022. Continued expansion of revenue, programs, and staff is expected in the near term.

For more information, please visit: www.pointsourceyouth.org

Opportunity

This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned fundraiser to increase and diversify funding to substantially expand the key activities and initiatives of a radically transformative organization working at the leading edge of the movement to end youth homelessness.

The Position

In this newly created position, the Senior Vice President, Development will report to and partner with the Executive Director to significantly increase corporate and foundation support and build robust individual and major giving programs to expand Point Source Youth’s work. With support from the Executive Director and Director of Development, the SVP will co-create a sophisticated and effective development department and strategic fundraising program to support Point Source Youth’s continued growth. The key responsibilities of this position include:

Strategy and Structures

• Develop strategic fundraising plans to diversify revenue and expand unrestricted income;
• Craft compelling stories and articulate messaging to raise support for PSY’s systems and policy change work to end youth homelessness;
• Build intentional fundraising practices on a firm knowledge of program initiatives, organizational priorities, and staff capacity;
• Create systems and processes that support consistent and effective donor engagement, including building and maintaining a donor database.

Donor Identification and Cultivation

• Through prospect research and on-going relationship development expand the portfolio of individual and institutional donors including foundations and corporations;
• Identify individuals and foundations to expand local support in the regions PSY serves;
• Create major donor cultivation events to introduce individuals to PSY’s mission and impact;  
• Develop goals and stewardship strategies that ensure each donor (both individual and institutional) receives frequent, personalized attention;
• Leverage wealth screening and other research tools to ensure solicitations are aligned with donors’ capacity and interests;
• In partnership with the Communications team, identify and cultivate sponsors for the four Symposia on Solutions to End Youth Homelessness (Rural, National, West, and South).

Communication and Collaboration

• Create an annual fundraising calendar and effectively collaborate with relevant individuals and departments to meet application, reporting, event, and communications deliverables;
• In communication and partnership with the Programs and Communications teams, develop a process that ensures all restricted funding proposals are in support of existing and planned programs;
• Coordinate with the Management Team to collect data, analyze outputs, and effectively report organizational impact to donors and prospects;
• Support the Policy team’s efforts to use a public health framework to obtain significant new federal, local, city and state funding for evidence-based solutions, including Direct Cash Transfers, to end and prevent youth homelessness;
• Engage and provide support to the Board of Directors to meet their individual fundraising goals and to fulfill their responsibilities as ambassadors for the organization;
• Foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization built on a foundation of transparency and collaboration.

Professional Requirements

The new Senior Vice President, Development will have a clear understanding of trends in philanthropy and will be adept at navigating a rapidly changing donor landscape. They will be a skilled storyteller and internal advocate and champion, who is able to build support for an organization that operates outside of direct services models. The successful candidate must have the following:

• At least seven years’ nonprofit fundraising experience in the youth homelessness, housing, LGBTQ youth or related spaces;
• Successful track record of developing strategic fundraising plans to expand sustainable and diverse revenue streams;
• Demonstrated success cultivating and stewarding donor relationships, and soliciting major gifts;
• Knowledge of the philanthropic culture and community in the youth, homeless, LGBTQ, Direct Cash Transfers, and related spaces;
• Experience leading relationships with institutional funders, and prior oversight of timely, accurate, and effective proposals and reports;
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing expertise, donor solicitation and public speaking experience;
• Expertise in development department best practice systems, structures, policies and procedures, including prior experience building donor databases or CRM platforms;
• Proficiency in Salesforce, Google Docs, LinkedIn Recruiter, Trello, and Slack.

Personal Characteristics

The new Senior Vice President, Development will have excellent relationship-building skills and they will be energized working in a rapid growth, fast-paced, start-up culture. They will be an emotionally intelligent and empathetic colleague who is able to balance the organization’s growth goals with internal capacity. And they will be a collaborative and flexible leader able to adapt to different personalities and work styles. The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Commitment to social justice frameworks including race, gender, and economic justice, and equity;
• Alignment with PSY’s youth-centered and liberation-focused values;
• Exceptional relationship development and interpersonal skills;
• Sound judgment in maintaining confidential information;
• Extraordinary attention to detail and excellent time management skills;
• Ability, on occasion, to work evenings, weekends, and irregular hours;
• Ability to travel and work effectively in a variety of geographic, political, and cultural settings;
• An amazing storyteller and communicator, working internally and externally to tell the story of how Point Source Youth is working to end the youth homelessness crisis.

Compensation

The anticipated salary range for this position is $150,000 – $170,000, commensurate with the lived and professional experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. In addition, Point Source Youth provides an excellent benefit package including 100% employer paid health insurance and a fully funded Healthcare Spending Account equal to the annual deductible. They also provide a 401(k) with an annual 4% match, dental and vision insurance, and monthly home office and cell phone stipends.

In keeping with Point Source Youth’s work to dismantle white supremacist workplace structures and to create space for rest, they offer a generous PTO policy and holiday schedule, they close the offices for one week during the summer and three weeks at the end of the year, and they provide a two-month paid sabbatical following each five years of tenure.

Location

Ideally, the Senior Vice President, Development will live in the greater New York City metro area. However, remote work arrangements will be considered for the exceptional candidate we are seeking.

Contact

Please submit a résumé and original cover letter that describes your interest in the organization’s mission and qualifications for the position as attachments via e-mail to:

Michelle Kristel, Managing Partner 

McCormack+Kristel

1740 Broadway, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212.531.5003 | Fax: 212.203.9599        

Email: search@mccormackkristel.com | Website www.mccormackkristel.com

All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.  Please note that your education, dates of employment and other information will be verified prior to an offer.

McCormack + Kristel works only with equal opportunity employers. Point Source Youth does not discriminate in any of its employment policies or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, disability, age, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law.

The Client

The YWCA of the City of New York (YW-NYC) was founded in 1858 to provide a haven for young women by offering safe housing and educational resources. The organization quickly expanded to include typewriting and sewing classes and, in 1912, added a job training center and residences. In 1915, with the purchase of a building in midtown Manhattan, the YWCA expanded further and opened the first public swimming pool in New York State. With its historic mission to improve the welfare of girls and women and as a pioneer in race relations, labor union representation, and women’s health initiatives, the YW-NYC has been leading the way for women’s rights and social justice for 163 years.

Current programs are focused on high school girls’ leadership and empowerment and after-school youth development activities. The YW-NYC’s Girls Initiatives are free and open to all self-identified girls, and gender non-conforming youth (14-18) in New York City. Programs include bystander intervention, STEAAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Activism, and Math) classes, and college and career readiness. These programs ensure that every girl gains the skills, knowledge, and confidence to pursue the education, career, and life options of their choice.

Out-of-School Time (OST) programs create a safe and nurturing environment to support academic achievement, enhance social skills, and foster success in school and life. OST enrichment activities are offered to children K through 8^th grade in six elementary and middle schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Programs include cultural diversity efforts to foster appreciation of difference and promote civic engagement, gardening projects, and mindfulness and self-expression.

Headquartered in lower Manhattan, the YW-NYC is governed by a 12-person Board of Directors and operates with a $4 million annual budget and a 100-person staff.   

YW-NYC is a member of YWCA USA, an association of more than 200 independent YWs serving more than 2 million individuals across the country. The YW-NYC is one of four YWs serving the greater NYC tri-state region.

For more information, please visit: https://www.ywcanyc.org/

The Mission

The YW-NYC is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

The Opportunity

At a time of increased awareness of the special burdens inflicted upon girls and women by persistent social inequities and systemic racism, the need for the YW-NYC has never been greater. This is an extraordinary opportunity for a visionary executive to lead one of the oldest nonprofits in the nation to its next phase of growth and impact. The new CEO will reverse the trend of persistent budget shortfalls and leverage the organization’s healthy reserves and recent investments in strategic development resources to ensure the YW-NYC continues to lead the way for girls, women, and social justice.

The Position

Reporting to an active and engaged Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will transform an organization that has been impacted by four successive leadership transitions since 2017. The CEO will provide strategic leadership to meet community needs and advance its mission. As the YW-NYC’s primary representative, the CEO is directly responsible for engaging stakeholders and securing funds to expand programs and ensure the organization’s fiscal health. The new CEO will manage five direct reports and oversee consultants handling the development, finance, and IT functions. Key responsibilities of the position include:

Strategy & Vision

• Develop and implement a long-term strategic plan to advance the mission and serve the community
• In collaboration with the board, set goals and outcomes to realize the strategic plan
• Structure organizational reporting lines to improve efficiencies and increase impact
• Leverage the extraordinary gift from MacKenzie Scott to make transformative investments in support of the strategic plan
• Evaluate and refine the program portfolio to ensure programs are meeting community needs, comply with grants and contracts, and are mission-aligned

Fundraising

• Finalize and execute the fundraising plan, including building the development team and ensuring adequate training and technology to meet the plan’s goals
• Lead business development to expand partnerships and secure new contracts
• In partnership with the board, expand the individual donor base by developing and cultivating relationships with major donors and family foundations
• Successfully plan and execute the annual gala

Leadership

• Lead by example to champion a culture of inclusion, transparency, collaboration, and accountability
• Energize, inspire, and lead a team of committed and engaged staff to realize the organization’s mission and strategic goals
• Recruit, retain, and develop high-performing staff to manage programs, resource development, and administration
• Cultivate a strong and transparent working relationship with the board ensuring clear communication and relevant reporting

Fiscal Management

• Develop budgets and related program and staffing plans ensuring optimal allocation of resources to sustain growth
• Manage outsourced financial management services team and oversee timely completion of audit and tax filings

Communications and Community Engagement

• Serve as the YW-NYC’s primary spokesperson representing the organization in public, in the media, and at events
• Foster strong relationships with community stakeholders, civic organizations, city and government agencies, and corporations
• Advocate and be a loud, proud voice for girls, young women, and children
• Oversee branding, marketing, and communications efforts actively promoting and raising the organization’s profile in NYC’s social justice space

Professional Requirements

The YW-NYC is seeking a transformational leader with strong business acumen and resource development experience. The ideal candidate will understand the ways in which community based educational and leadership programs are used to advance social justice. They will be an accomplished manager able to engage and inspire the organization’s talented and dedicated board and staff. The new CEO will have the following:

• At least 10 years’ executive leadership experience with a social services or social justice nonprofit. CEO experience with an organization serving youth, girls, and/or women is preferred
• Turnaround and change management experience; prior success stabilizing an organization is ideal
• Organizational development experience, with proven success in building strong and effective teams and optimizing an organization’s operating scale
• Strong analytical skills with knowledge of evidence-based program evaluation and community needs assessments
• Expertise creating and implementing strategic plans, including developing business and staffing plans to advance strategic goals
• Prior experience working with a nonprofit board, including a demonstrable understanding of board development and governance
• A track-record of success cultivating individual, institutional, and governmental funder relationships
• Experience overseeing government contract execution and compliance. Prior experience with NYC’s Department of Education or Department of Youth and Community Development is ideal
• Demonstrated ability to partner with individuals of diverse racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, generational, and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Enthusiasm for developing effective partnerships and positive relationships in the communities the organization serves
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

Personal Characteristics

The successful candidate will be a visionary leader passionately dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women. They will be an entrepreneurial executive who is motivated to transform and strategically build an iconic institution. The new CEO will be energized by the possibilities to develop innovative programs and strategic partnerships to advance the YW-NYC’s mission. The ideal candidate will have:

• A hands-on approach to leadership that includes the grit and humility to roll up their sleeves and do what it takes to get the job done
• An approachable, flexible, and collaborative leadership style
• Exceptional interpersonal skills including active listening ability and commitment to transparent communication
• Strong relationship-building skills including the ability to work effectively within large city and governmental agencies
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills, including persuasive and passionate personal engagement and public speaking ability
• An unwavering commitment to upholding the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to advancing gender and racial justice

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $250,000 – $300,000 per annum, commensurate with the professional experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. Their benefits package includes health, life and disability insurance, and generous paid vacation, sick and leave policies. In addition, the YW-NYC participates in the YW Retirement Fund. Following two years of service, YWCA USA will fund 7% of the employee’s gross salary to the plan annually.

Contact

Please submit a résumé and original cover letter that describes your interest in the organization’s mission and qualifications for the position as attachments via e-mail to:

Michelle Kristel, Managing Partner

McCormack + Kristel

1740 Broadway, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212.531.5003 | Fax: 212.203.9599        

Email: search@mccormackkristel.com | Website www.mccormackkristel.com

All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.  Please note that your education, dates of employment and other information will be verified prior to an offer.

McCormack + Kristel works only with equal opportunity employers. The YW is an equal opportunity employer. The YW strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

Equal employment opportunity will be applied in recruitment, hiring, compensation, fringe benefits, staff development and training, promotion and any other condition of employment, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, disability, age, national origin, sexual orientation or any other non-performance-related factors.

The Client

Founded in 2001, the Bronx Parent Housing Network (BPHN) provides emergency and supportive housing to individuals and families in the Bronx and Queens. BPHN operates 13 shelters providing emergency housing to 2,000 clients. Additionally, the agency serves about 3,400 clients through its food pantries, case management, workforce development, and health homes programs.

The populations accessing BPHN’s programs and services include individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness, living with HIV/AIDS, formerly incarcerated, substance users, domestic/interpersonal violence survivors, LGBTQ+ identified, and members of other marginalized groups.

Headquartered in the Morrisania neighborhood in the Bronx, BPHN is governed by a five-person Board of Directors and operates with an $85 million budget and a 240-person staff.

For more information, please visit: https://bphn.org/

Mission

BPHN is committed to making a difference in solving the housing problem in New York City by transforming lives and creating holistic paths to employment so that individuals and families can secure safe, clean, affordable and permanent housing.

The Opportunity

In February of 2021, BPHN’s then-President and CEO was terminated in the wake of allegations of various forms of misconduct. Over the last year, interim leadership has worked to strengthen and stabilize BPHN. All terms of the corrective and remedial actions set forth by the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) have been met and the New York City Department of Investigation is concluding its work. The annual audit was completed without findings. The current deficit of $600K, half of which is depreciation, will be offset by Q4 and the agency is projected to operate in the black next year. Employee policies have been updated and benefits have been expanded at reduced costs to the agency and its employees. More than 90 staff, including accomplished senior leaders, have been hired since August. The New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) has renewed existing contracts and the agency is seeking new ones.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a strategic and visionary leader to continue the transformation of a vital community-based organization that is providing critical services to vulnerable adults and families.

The Position

Reporting to a growing Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will build on a foundation of stability to address community needs and advance the agency’s mission. The new CEO is directly responsible for engaging community and institutional stakeholders and for securing funds to expand

programs and ensure the organization’s fiscal health. In partnership with the Board of Directors and Executive Leadership team, including the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Program Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief of Staff, the CEO will finalize and realize a new strategic plan. Key responsibilities of the position include:

Fundraising and Fiscal Management 

• Drive business development to create public-private partnerships and secure new contracts
• Develop and execute a fundraising plan to create unrestricted revenue streams from corporate sponsors and events, including establishing an annual gala
• Oversee the development of multi-year budgets and forecasts to support cash flow and sustain growth
• Assess BPHN’s current leased property model, evaluate alternatives and, if warranted, implement changes

Strategy & Vision

• Foster alignment around strategic goals, build collaborations to achieve outcomes, and ensure adequate systems, structures, and staff to actualize the strategic plan
• Oversee the analysis of community assessment data to refine and expand programs and services
• Ensure supportive services are adequate to advance BPHN’s mission to create holistic paths to employment so that individuals and families can secure permanent housing

Leadership

• Lead by example to champion a culture of inclusion, transparency, collaboration, and accountability
• Build trust within the community and among stakeholders through genuine and intentional focus on transforming the lives of BPHN’s clients
• Recruit and develop a diverse governing board whose individual competencies can be leveraged to enhance the agency’s core programs and services

Communications and Community Engagement

• Serve as the BPHN’s primary spokesperson representing the organization in public, in the media, and at events
• Foster strong relationships with community stakeholders, civic organizations, corporations, and government and city agencies
• Oversee rebranding, marketing, and communications efforts to effectively convey the organization’s reach and impact

Professional Requirements

BPHN is seeking a strategic leader with strong business acumen and resource development experience. The ideal candidate will understand the ways in which emergency housing and supportive services and programs are delivered in New York City. They will be an effective communicator comfortable building and maintaining trusted relationships with communities, government agencies, elected officials, and the private sector. The new CEO will have the following:

• At least 20 years’ professional experience with a housing or social services provider, related government agency or relevant private sector entity. Prior CEO experience is ideal.
• Experience developing and managing public-private partnerships.
• Strong financial management skills including budget forecasting proficiency.
• Experience creating unrestricted revenue streams including building corporate and event fundraising programs.
• A track-record of success cultivating individual, institutional, and governmental funder relationships.
• Experience overseeing government contract execution and compliance. Prior experience with NYC’s Department of Homeless Services is ideal.
• Expertise developing and implementing strategic plans, including leading teams to advance organizational goals.
• Prior experience working with a nonprofit board, including a demonstrable understanding of board development and governance.
• Master’s degree required. M.PH. or M.B.A. is ideal. J.D. would be a significant value-add.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Personal Characteristics

The successful candidate will be a visionary leader passionately dedicated to providing emergency and supportive housing to New York City’s most vulnerable individuals and families. They will be an entrepreneurial executive who sees the need, recognizes the opportunity, and is motivated to strategically build an agency that provides shelter daily to more than 2,000 children and adults. The ideal candidate will have:

• An adaptable, collaborative, and empathetic leadership style;
• Strong relationship-building skills including the ability to work effectively within large city and governmental agencies;
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills, including persuasive and passionate personal engagement and public speaking ability;
• Tenacity and bold optimism to address systemic inequities and find solutions for the growing and seemingly intractable problems of housing insecurity and homelessness.

Compensation

Our client is offering a competitive salary, commensurate with the personal experience and qualifications of the selected candidate. BPHN provides an extremely generous PTO policy, covers 91% of employees’ healthcare costs and offers dental, vision, and life insurance. 403b plan participants are immediately vested and receive a Safe Harbor match (up to 4%) as well as biannual 3% (of salary) retention contributions.

Contact

Please submit a résumé and original cover letter that describes your interest in BPHN’s mission and qualifications for the position as attachments via e-mail to:

Michelle Kristel, Managing Partner

Dr. Zaria Davis, Consultant

McCormack+Kristel

1740 Broadway, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212.531.5003 | Fax: 212.203.9599        

Email: search@mccormackkristel.com | Website www.mccormackkristel.com

All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.  Please note that your education, dates of employment and other information will be verified prior to an offer.

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The Client

The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (the ACSJL) is an initiative of Kalamazoo College (K College) whose mission is to develop and sustain leaders in human rights and social justice through education and capacity-building. First opened in 2014, the Center ensures students, faculty, staff and leaders from across the globe learn and practice radical social justice and apply critical thinking to global structures. The goal of the ACSJL is to infuse social justice into curriculum and programming at the College and dismantle systems of oppression on campus locally and globally. Since opening, it has served as a focal point attracting students and faculty to the school and community and serving as a space of co-creation and strategy sharing for global activists.

Initial funding for the Center was granted by K College alumnus Jon Stryker. Operations and programming of the ACSJL are supported by the Center’s $20MM endowment which is administered by K College. The Center’s seven staff support the work of esteemed faculty, fellows, student leaders and activists from across the globe.

Founded in 1833, Kalamazoo College boasts a student body of 1,398 students from 39 states and 29 countries and is one of the oldest colleges in the United States. In this setting, the ACSJL serves as a gathering place for leaders to think radically and creatively about systemic issues and solutions. It also produces a cadre of public fellowships, programming and exhibitions.  Former visiting Fellows of the ACSJL include Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Mariame Kaba (activist & author) and Adrienne Maree Brown (activist & author).  Former guests of the center include Activist & Professor Angela Davis, Anthropologist and Immigration Activist Jason De Leon, and Intersex Activist Pidgeon Pagonis. The ACSJL is also a grant making institution offering stipends, small grants and space to students, faculty and aligned community partners.

For more information on The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, please visit: https://arcuscenter.kzoo.edu/ and view https://vimeo.com/177430225 

Mission, Vision and Values

The mission of the ACSJL is to develop and sustain leaders in human rights and social justice through education and capacity-building. “Social justice recognizes the inherent dignity of all people and values every life equally. It calls for both personal reflection and social change to ensure that each of us has the right and the opportunity to thrive in our communities, regardless of our identities. When we acknowledge that oppression exists and work together to end systemic discrimination and structural inequities, we increase the promise of a more just world.”

The Opportunity

Given the enduring impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the next Executive Director will strengthen relationships with the student body, the general public and the Center’s mission. This is a remarkable opportunity to take responsibility for molding an institution dedicated to radical change in individuals and systems. The new leader, in collaboration with the ACSJL staff, will craft vision, management, design programs, engage the campus around diverse issues in social justice and activate their networks to make meaningful connections to the ACSJL.

The Position

The Executive Director serves as the public representative of the Center, working with the College’s administration, faculty, staff and students and advocating for change. This principal role is accountable to the Provost of Kalamazoo College, Danette Ifert Johnson.

Internal management of the ACSJL is nonhierarchical; staff assume collective responsibility for success, work collaboratively to achieve outcomes and are committed to exercising practices in equitable leadership. As a team, staff initiate conversations that promote progress towards liberation through a variety of conferences, programs, and activities, including: The biannual gathering “Without Borders” and “The Radical Futures Now Podcast.” The team also manages a range of fellowships which serve practitioners, academics, aspiring leaders and students. All programming is guided by a social justice rubric which seeks to recognize, invite and value the contributions of groups impacted by oppression.

Responsibilities of this position will require the Executive Director to:

Strategy and Vision

• Be forward thinking; Access history, analyze the landscape and execute next steps. The person will design and lead a strategic planning effort that involves a diverse and multifaceted set of stakeholders.
• Think creatively about space, connectivity and engagement; Determine how the Center effectively amplifies radical social justice, develops more purposeful engagement with a digitally native public, while honoring and further enhancing use of the Center’s physical space.

Public Leadership

• Inspire, collaborate and build trust with an intergenerational community of talented, diverse and driven leaders and stakeholders through a period of planning, program development, and reengagement. 
• Develop and mature relationships, serving as a foremost thought leader, mentor and mediator.
• Connect the Center to prominent and grassroots critical thinkers, movement builders and activists. Be open and excited to bridge a network of leaders to advance the Center as a preeminent hub for radical social justice.

Organizational Management  

• Manage ACSJL’s annual budget of $1MM, work with the Provost and Center staff to create new processes, innovations and partnerships to ensure the Center’s success.
• Develop systems that enhance the Center’s internal capacity and ability to deepen external engagement. Collaborate with K College administration on development and implementation of policy, procedures and practices.
• Partner with the College administration to think through issues in social justice, identity, equity.
• Manage effective communications, marketing and partnership strategies.

Solidarity Building

• Serve as an ambassador and key spokesperson for the Center, its programs, conferences and activities.
• Develop and promote initiatives which create solutions to social justice problems on campus and in the broader community.
• Collaborate with a broad range of critical stakeholders including Faculty Advisory Board, Arcus Center Advisory Board, Global Advisory Board, student groups, and other Centers at K College.

Professional Requirements

The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership is seeking a change agent with extensive knowledge and practice in social justice. The successful candidate will have a deep appreciation for collaboration and the practices of inclusivity to effectively serve as a mentor, advocate and ambassador for the Center. The role requires a leader with vision and skills in planning.  They will work to develop robust, healthy relationships at K College and in the world in order to deliver programs, make connections and solve inequity. Additionally, the new Executive Director will have the following:

• General practice of demonstrating inclusivity and building trust with individuals of diverse racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, generational, political and socioeconomic backgrounds and lived experiences.
• A deep commitment to solving systemic injustices including practices in radical change.  
• A deep belief in crafting a more just world and desire to collaborate with diverse leaders on a broad spectrum of social justice issues.
• An extensive national and international network of leaders.
• Skilled in organizing, mobilization and advocacy.
• Practice working in, collaborating on and/or developing partnerships within an institution of higher education.
• A creative outlook, including the ability to vision, articulate strategy and execute complex plans.
• Experience in management, including taking responsibility for talent, directing finances, managing resources and operating facilities.
• Background in program development and events management.

Personal Characteristics

The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership is seeking an Executive Director willing to imagine new realities while working within preexisting structures. This leader will be an advocate for social justice pedagogy and work to craft strategies that amplify leadership. The selected candidate enjoys working with diverse perspectives and opinions and sees challenges as opportunities to create radical change in the world. The ideal candidate will:

• Be a values aligned leader who operates with an understanding of inequities within systems and leads with love, compassion, humility and empathy in their work;
• Cultivate and build meaningful relationships with all people and actively seek opportunities to collaborate;
• Simultaneously center mentorship, sponsorship and leadership;
• Unite diverse stakeholders;
• Understand and be willing to negotiate intricate power dynamics;
• Be curious, innovative and driven by value-based outcomes and,
• Have a strong understanding of how education, art, history and community play a role in movement work.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $90,000 – $110,000 per annum. K College provides an excellent benefits package, including a generous PTO policy and holiday schedule. The Center’s practices prioritize people over work and emphasizes the humanity of all people.

Location

K College is in Kalamazoo, Michigan; The ACSJL acknowledges this land as stolen and honors the sovereignty of the Three Fires Confederacy. Kalamazoo College itself is located on a part of the reservation established for Match-e-be-nash-she-wish and his band of Potawatomi. Please refer to the entire Land Acknowledgement at land.kzoo.edu/

Just 140 miles from both Detroit and Chicago, Kalamazoo is home to three institutions for higher learning. The city is known for being entrepreneurial, filled with art, activism, and unbridled access to natural trails. The ACSJL’s edifice is a contemporary conversion of a centuries old structure. It is located on the highest point of K College’s campus providing impressive views and borders Kalamazoo’s West Main Hill Historic District. Read more about the Center’s award-winning architecture here.

Contact

Please submit a résumé and original cover letter that describes your interest in ACSJL’s mission and qualifications for the position as attachments via e-mail to:

Michelle Kristel, Managing Partner

Bryan Epps, Consultant

McCormack+Kristel

1740 Broadway, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212.531.5003 | Fax: 212.203.9599        

Email: search@mccormackkristel.com | Website www.mccormackkristel.com

All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.  Please note that your education, dates of employment and other information will be verified prior to an offer.

Kalamazoo College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, committed to promoting inclusion and equity in its community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

The Client

The Liliʻuokalani Center (LC) is a comprehensive demonstration project powered by Lili’uokalani Trust’s Youth Development initiatives. The Honolulu-based Center will provide kamaliʻi (native born youth) with access to an array of multi-disciplinary programs focused on creativity, play, technology and leadership and will be comprised of a variety of learning spaces furnished with innovational resources and equipment for each of the different disciplines for beneficiaries to explore and develop skills, knowledge, and talent.

Lili’uokalani Trust (LT) is a private operating foundation founded in 1909 for the benefit of orphan and destitute children with preference given to Native Hawaiian children.  With over 150 employees, the trust serves approximately 10,000 children annually through direct services and reaches thousands more through collaborations with community partners. A diversified portfolio of real estate, marketable securities and private investments provides the resources to support mission-related programs and activities. Comprised of Hawai‘i real estate and a global investment fund, LT’s endowment assets ended the year more diversified than at any time in the Trust’s 112-year history with a total value of over $1 billion.

The Strategic Plan 2020–2025 focuses on five areas, each critical to the Trust’s vision and mission success: 1) innovative programs serving kamaliʻi from inception to age twenty-six; 2) trauma-informed social emotional support services; 3) robust capabilities in research and evaluation to inform decision making and scale successes; 4) organizational excellence; and 5) effective resource management.  

As the Trust’s signature Youth Development demonstration project, the Liliʻuokalani Center will provide kamaliʻi with access to an array of multi-disciplinary programs focused on creativity, play, technology and leadership. LC is intended to model effective and impactful programs for serving Native Hawaiian youth. To strengthen youth’s access to caring professionals and mentors, instructors will be drawn from a pool of youth development practitioners, practicing artists, coaches and entrepreneurs.

The Center is currently in the design and planning stage, with construction to be overseen by the Trust’s architects and construction professionals.

The Position

Reporting to the LT President and CEO, the Executive Director (ED) of the Liliʻuokalani Center is a newly established position responsible for leading programming, operations, and other administrative functions of the service facility. The ED seeks to promote creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial learning environments, ensuring the steady flow of operations through proper staffing and administrative plans, including developing budgets, and implementing strategies to optimize programs resources.

This role leads and oversees all planning, design, and implementation of programs and operational procedures. The ED provides visionary leadership in the evolution of LT’s youth development practices, ensuring safe spaces and welcoming environments conducive to creation, innovation, and growth. This role collaborates with LT’s program leadership and external networks to allow greater reach in the community.

Expected to be in full operation in 2025, the Center has the potential to employ 75+ staff with three direct reports to the ED: Administrative Director, Programs Director, and Facilities Director.

Essential Responsibilities

Design, Development, and Implementation

• Supports the design and development of the Liliʻuokalani Center from the ground to its full staffing and operation in 2025. Leverages on knowledge, experience, and continuous research and partnering to ensure the Center stands up with solid, best in class foundation and resources.
• Develops policies and procedures for each core program and functional department at the Center, covering general administration, continued development, safety, and best practices in the implementation of youth development programs as well as overall facility operations.
• Designs and proposes a sustainable business plan keeping the mission of the Center as the guiding objective, ensuring the operation develops and builds itself to provide best opportunities for kamali’i’s growth and transformation.
• Prepares and maintains operational budget, to include evaluating and approving expenses, identifying needs for budget adjustments, and carefully stewarding the Queen’s resources.
• Holds overall responsibility for the recruitment, development and retention of the Center’s teammates. This includes partnering with human resources where needed to observe diversity and inclusion in the hiring of quality talent, ensuring best practices in talent management and development, and applying engagement strategies to captivate and retain high performers.
• Collaborates with LT’s Communications team to develop a promotional and PR plan for the Center to popularize its services and mission, extending its reach and recruitment efforts towards beneficiaries and promoting the organization to potential leaders, partners, and experts across a broad variety of disciplines and industries. Represents the Center at community activities and other public events. Builds and maintains relationships with prominent business and community leaders, national sports figures and supportive celebrities.
• Stays updated with latest youth development inititiaves as well as state and federal laws and regulations to ensure the Center’s services remain pedagogically competitive and legally compliant. Partners with Risk and Compliance to manage risk and safety practices.

Innovative Program Leadership

• Oversees and leads the design and development of youth development programming from conception to evaluation, ensuring programs are effectively addressing the needs of kamaliʻi, preparing them with the right keenness to seize opportunities and realize their greatest potential. 
• Provides guidance and mentorship to the Center’s programming leadership, seeking opportunities for the teams to build on their skills and deepen their relationships with the community they serve.
• Provides leadership and innovation in the enhancement of teaching and learning techniques through proper identification, assessment, and integration of effective innovative practices that advance positive outcomes for Native Hawaiian kamaliʻi. 
• Develops a strategic roadmap with overarching institutional goals and objectives that align with LT’s 25-year strategic plan. 
• Partners with internal and external experts and resources to create diverse college and career pathways that align with the organization’s program goals and meet the needs of kamaliʻi in their continued development and success.
• Identifies and creates opportunities for new learning experiences including, but not limited to, experimentation with alternative learning environments, blended learning, experiential learning, and other innovative learning strategies.
• Identifies program opportunities and engages in cultivating new and continued partnerships with national and regional educational innovators.
• Collaborates with LT’s program leadership and external networks to allow greater reach in the community.

Facility Administration and other responsibilities

• Oversees the overall usage of the Center’s spaces, through LT networks and external partnerships (rentals).
• Ensures the Center has continuous security and facility management, supporting and guiding a plan to safeguard equipment and resources around the clock.
• Creates and develops a facilities maintenance department to lead and ensure clean, safe, secure, and healthy environments that are conducive to optimal educational and productive outcomes for youth, teammates, and visitors.
• Guides the development of safety plans, emergency procedures, and preventative and recovery programs. 
• Develops activity and performance reports on a quarterly basis and /or as required by Executive Leadership and Trustees.
• Attends all designated meetings for the Center as well as the Trust.
• Understands and upkeeps compliance with LT’s policies and procedures, ensuring new ones developed for the Center align with LT’s overall mission and culture.
• Contributes to LT’s success through collaboration, communication, and knowledge-sharing with all teammates to improve team and organizational results.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Professional Requirements

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 10-15 years of experience managing complex projects or programs in human services (education, health, housing, social work, etc.). This should include 7+ years of experience working with youth, and at least 10 years of experience preferred managing and developing a high performing team. Knowledge of education; child development; planning and designing curricular programs is critical.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated the ability to lead with purpose and a visionary approach ensuring teammates are consistently engaged and inspired to perform above expectations, producing exceptional outcomes for the populations served.

The Executive Director must have strong business acumen, including budget management, program development and execution, and familiarity with outcome measures and quality assurance metrics. A master’s degree in education, business, political science, public administration, social work or another appropriate field is important.

Personal Characteristics

The ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate cultural competence in working with disadvantaged and/or minority populations
• Communicate clearly complex issues, both verbally and in writing and will be an effective public speaker. They will work well among all levels of the organization and the public.
• Model the highest level of ethics, integrity, LT values and social responsibility.
• Demonstrate a commitment and ability to promote and sustain positive workplace values and relationships
• Work well under-pressure, remain calm and controlled when faced with difficult situations and address difficult issues promptly.

Organization Competencies Needed for Success

• Alignment with Queen Lili’uokalani’s legacy:  Understanding and appreciation of Queen Liliuokalani’s story, her legacy and the Hawaiian Culture is foundational to the staff’s commitment to working with Hawaiian children, families and communities.

Respect for and appreciation of Hawaiian values, history, and culture, understanding its implication in one’s work, in fostering meaningful relationships, and in embracing the community served.

• Ho`omau i ka `imi Na`auao (Continuous Learning and Improvement): Committed to creating and reinforcing an environment of continuous learning and improvement. 
• Ho`ike i na Mana`o Pono (Effective Communication):  Communicates with those served and with  other staff in a consistent manner that results in mutual understanding, harmony, and action.  
• No’ono’o loi (Critical Thinking and Problem Solving): Actively and skillfully understands, conceptualizes, applies, analyzes, synthesizes, and/or evaluates information and develops and supports fact-based analyses and recommendations
• Ho’o kumu a’e  or `Imi hakuhia (Innovation):  Identifies and integrates creative ideas into new or existing services and promotes effective problem-solving.
• Pilina Ho`ohana a me ka Hana Hilina`i (Building Relationships and Creating Trust):  Manages relationships to create optimal opportunities and move the organization forward.
• Alu Like I ka Hana (Teamwork): Works cooperatively and collaboratively with others throughout the organization in alignment with the organization’s objectives.
• Ho`onui I ka `Ike (Capacity Building): Encourages personal growth by exhibiting trust and a belief in the capacity of others.

The Opportunity

This is an extraordinary opportunity for an experienced innovator to provide transformational leadership and program development for a dynamic organization that provides vital services to Hawai’i’s native youth. The new Executive Director will play an integral role in reducing the isolation felt by disadvantaged youth; counteracting the lack of opportunity and oppression they often face; and developing healthy, independent, thriving adults. Successful development and leadership of the flagship Lili’uokalani Center may lead to positions of greater responsibility, including promotion to Chief Program Officer, responsible for oversight of the Lili’uokalani Trust’s 13 community centers, located throughout the state.

Compensation

The compensation range for this position is $134,600 to $181,700, commensurate with experience and qualifications. LT offers an excellent benefits package including Kaiser or UHA health, vision  and dental insurance, as well as accidental death and disability coverage. The Trust has a 401k retirement plan with employer matching 100% up to first 5% of the employee’s salary and 50% of the next 2%. Employees enjoy generous PTO and paid holiday policies. Reimbursement toward basic relocation expenses will be considered for the exceptional individual they are seeking.

Contact

Please submit cover letter and résumé as attachments via e-mail to:

Michelle Kristel, Managing Partner or Joe McCormack, Founding Partner

McCormack+Kristel

1740 Broadway, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212.531.5003 | Fax: 212.203.9599        

Email: search@mccormackkristel.com | Website www.mccormackkristel.com

All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.  Please note that your education, dates of employment and other information will be verified prior to an offer.

Liliʻuokalani Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer. They strive to recruit, train, and retain innovative talent from a diverse candidate pool. All employment decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ancestry, genetic information, citizenship, marital/civil union status, arrest and court record, domestic or sexual violence victim status, credit history, disability or veteran/military status or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

THE CLIENT

Mission Statement

TransForm promotes walkable communities with excellent transportation choices to connect people of all incomes to opportunity, keep California affordable, and help solve our climate crisis. With diverse partners we engage communities in planning, run innovative programs and win policy change at the local, regional and state levels.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Since the departure of TransForm’s founding executive director in 2018, the organization has undergone several leadership changes, including periods of interim and co-leadership. The staff and board are ready for a new Executive Director who is aligned with TransForm’s enduring culture of shared leadership, staff engagement, and transparency. We are seeking an individual who can build upon the organization’s strengths, re-build a robust staff of dedicated professionals, and take the organization to new levels of impact and success.

TransForm continues to be a leading voice in California and the Bay Area for transportation and housing policy that advances racial, economic, and climate justice. COVID-19 has exacerbated the systemic problems in planning that TransForm has tackled for years, creating new urgency and openings for bold solutions. This position is an opportunity to shape the agenda of an award-winning and highly regarded organization at a time of great possibility. TransForm’s staff and board are committed to advance a strong anti-racist policy agenda and seek an Executive Director to bring new energy and leadership to this ongoing effort. With additional untapped funding opportunities, the new Executive Director will lead a strategic planning process to develop and share innovative models that could strengthen every community in the nation.

History

For more than 20 years, TransForm has brought together environmental, social justice, and health advocates to shape transportation and land use decisions for the benefit of people and the planet. TransForm’s work is rooted in relationships — with communities most impacted by racism, exclusion, and pollution; and with organizational partners working for justice and change. In the years since TransForm’s founding, often alongside the same groups it started with, the organization has helped win tens of billions of dollars and groundbreaking policies in support of public transportation, smart growth, affordable housing, and bicycle and pedestrian improvements.

Today, TransForm is governed by a racially diverse 11-person Board of nonprofit, philanthropic, business, and civic leaders with expertise in planning, transportation, and public health with a social justice and equity lens. It has an annual operating budget of approximately $3 million and a 15-person staff, with an office in Oakland. Approximately 55% of its funding comes from city, county and state grants and contracts, 35% comes from institutional funders, and 10% from individual donations. In addition, TransForm operates as a re-grantor, helping implement inclusive mobility projects and distributing these funds to local community-based organizations.

Programs

TransForm’s key focus areas were established with an environmental and social justice lens and an emphasis on deep community engagement. They strive to center and lift up the needs and experiences of the people and communities most impacted by injustice and exclusion in regional and urban planning. Program areas include:

• Transportation That Works – To redress social inequities and reduce climate emissions, TransForm advocates to make more efficient use of our transportation dollars, stop wasting billions on highway expansions, and prioritize transformative projects and policies that center the priorities of communities of color and people who are struggling to get by.
• More Homes, Less Driving – TransForm champions policies that support more homes – especially affordable homes – near transit that make it easier to drive less. TransForm’s pilot projects, original research, and online tools help cities, developers, and community groups ensure that housing development includes strategies to reduce traffic and pollution while maximizing affordability. The GreenTRIP Certification program incentivizes affordable multi-family developments that right-size parking and provide transportation alternatives for residents.
• Disrupting Inequity – As new technologies disrupt the transportation sector, they could help close the transportation equity gap – or they could widen it. TransForm is innovating alongside new mobility companies to support pilots and policies that steer disruption towards justice and opportunity for those who have been left behind in the past. TransForm partners with community-based groups to increase their input and influence over new mobility projects and programs in their neighborhoods.
• Safe Routes to Schools (SR2S) – Since starting in two Oakland elementary schools in 2006, TransForm’s program in Alameda County has grown to become a national model for urban SR2S programs. The program now works with more than 250 public schools, including high schools, and is one of the largest Safe Routes to Schools programs in the country. We are currently seeking to expand our team’s reach beyond the classroom with the emerging “Know How to Go” initiative to offer culturally appropriate transportation education to low-income young adults, seniors, and immigrants.
• Mobility Hubs at Affordable Housing pilot – TransForm works with local stakeholders to pilot community mobility hubs that include solar electric vehicle (EV) car sharing, e-bikes, free transit passes, and other transportation benefits to low-income residents based at three affordable housing sites in Oakland, Richmond, and San Jose.

THE POSITION

The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors and leads a 15-person staff.

Key duties and responsibilities include the following:

Development and Fundraising (30-40%)

• Partner with the Development Team to execute the fundraising plan with an emphasis on shared fundraising responsibilities among staff, providing training as appropriate.
• Nurture the staff-led Institutional Fundraising Team and identify when additional capacity is needed.
• Develop relationships with new and existing donors and funders.

Strategy Development and Vision (30-40%)

• Lead a strategy development process to set TransForm’s vision and prioritize the organization’s objectives for the next five years.
• Help guide the organization’s major programmatic activities and ensure their alignment with available funding, as well as TransForm’s updated strategic plan.
• Identify trends in the mobility justice sector, community needs, and funding opportunities in order to strategically guide and support the organization as a whole.
• Represent TransForm to its stakeholders including funders, agency partners, and the communities it serves.
• With program teams, develop and support partnerships and external collaborations to advance TransForm’s standing and reputation in the field.

Organizational Development and Management (20%)

• Partner with the Management Team to set the tone, maintain a healthy and positive workplace, and create a climate of trust and openness.
• Support the successful development of new leadership among the staff, including mentoring and professional training, as appropriate.
• Implement TransForm’s social justice action plan in collaboration with senior staff and the Management Team.
• Reinforce and update, as needed, the organizational structure to ensure decision-making and processes are in alignment with TransForm’s shared leadership goals.
• Hands on attention to operational challenges and administrative procedures.
• Supervise and coach 3-5 direct reports.

Fiscal Management (5%)

• Conduct strategic financial decision-making, with support from staff and Board Finance Committee.
• Facilitate staff directors’ engagement in organizational and program-level financial evaluations, adjusting expenses to respond to changing revenues, if needed.
• Partner with finance and operations staff to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements, develop and monitor the annual budget, provide timely internal reporting and forecasting, and ensure that adequate funds are available to permit TransForm to carry out its work.

Board Coordination (5%)

• Facilitate strong Board and staff alignment around strategic planning, revisions to organizational structure, and annual and long-range programmatic and financial goals.
• Regularly update the Board on organizational, programmatic, and financial objectives.
• Attend Board Meetings to represent TransForm’s strategic mission, including serving as staff liaison to the Board Committees: Board Excellence, Social Justice, Board Recruitment, Fundraising, and Finance committees.

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate must have an understanding of urban/transportation/regional planning, land use, affordable housing, or environmental policy, ideally through an affiliation with a nonprofit, a government agency, or a private sector organization. Additional essential requirements include:

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience that includes at least 3-5 years in a senior leadership position with significant strategic planning, budget and staff responsibilities.
• Professional and/or personal experience with underserved or historically marginalized communities, and/or social justice organizations that integrate equity and inclusion into their internal and external work.
• A fiscally prudent management style with a track record of guiding budgets and raising funds to ensure financial stability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience with strategic communications and messaging.

The acquisition and management of foundation and government grants is a critical responsibility of the Executive Director, in collaboration with several other members of the TransForm team. Candidates should have experience in two or more of: public and private sector funding, cultivating high-net donors, soliciting and closing large gifts, and competency in balancing and creating numerous funding sources. Ideally, the selected candidate(s) will have a sustained track-record of fundraising success at similar-sized organizations.

Additional desired professional characteristics include:

• Familiarity with the San Francisco Bay Area and experience in the California legislative and regulatory environment.
• Experience developing partnerships among nonprofits, community-based organizations,  private sector entities, and social justice organizations.
• A bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in a relevant discipline.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Our client is seeking a visionary and strategic leader with change management experience who can anticipate emerging trends in the equitable and sustainable development and mobility justice sectors and listen to and respect community needs. In addition, the Executive Director must be:

• A leader committed to serving the organization who understands and supports group decision-making and is dedicated to decentralizing decision-making power.
• An innovative thinker and skilled collaborator who can work effectively and deepen relationships with diverse staff, board members, and external stakeholders.
• An inclusive administrator who can strengthen and build upon TransForm’s value of supporting people marginalized by racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression to grow and advance their careers.
• A coach and mentor who inspires and supports the personal agency of all staff and ensures TransForm’s internal culture continues to strive for fairness and equity.
• Lived experience with issues related to transportation equity and affordable housing would be a significant plus.

The ideal candidate doesn’t just have these qualities, they have proven experience setting up and supporting systems to actualize the values they represent.

COMPENSATION

To attract the multi-talented Executive Director, TransForm is offering a competitive compensation package with a salary ranging from $150-170,000, depending upon the successful candidate’s qualifications. TransForm also provides 100% employer paid medical and dental care premiums, Commuter Checks (up to $150 per month), a 403(b) retirement plan, and a generous paid leave policy.

Relocation reimbursement may be provided for the exceptional candidate TransForm is seeking.

LOCATION

This position is located in downtown Oakland, California. TransForm staff are all currently working remotely in line with public health guidance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CONTACT

Please submit a brief cover letter and résumé as attachments via e-mail to:

Joe McCormack, Founding Partner

1740 Broadway, 15^th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Email: search@mccormackkristel.com

Office: 212.531.5003 | Fax: 212.203.9599     

Website: www.mccormackkristel.com

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications must be submitted by March 1, 2022.

Please note that your education, dates of employment and other

information will be verified prior to an offer.

Belief in the basic concept of equal employment opportunities is given concrete form in TransForm’s hiring practices and in the administration of all personnel practices. It is the policy of the organization to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees irrespective of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, pregnancy or childbirth, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including genetic characteristics), veteran status, or any other protected classification, in all organization employment practices and social or recreational programs. This policy governs all areas of employment, including promotion, assignment, discharge, and all other terms and conditions of employment. TransForm makes reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to enable otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities to become or remain employed.